Men's Ice Hockey Loses To Robert Morris, 8-5

Jan 25, 2009

HAMDEN, Conn.
 The Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey team lost to
Robert Morris, 8-5, behind a third period that saw the Colonials
net five goals. Quinnipiac drops to 13-9-2 overall while Robert
Morris goes to 5-12-4.

Quinnipiac
jumped on the board first when Scott Zurevinski (Sasktatoon,
Saskatchewan) scored his eighth goal of the season at the 13:51
mark. Greg Holt (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) threw a backhand shot on net that
went wide and bounced off the boards behind Robert Morris' goalie
Wes Russell. Heichman then collected the puck just below the left
face-off circle and dished it off to Zurevinski who was streaking
towards the net. Zurevinski's one-time put the Bobcats out in front
1-0.

Robert Morris
tied the game at the 16:31 mark on a power-play goal by Nathan
Longpre. Longpre took a pass from Chris Margott in the right
face-off circle and blasted a one-timer past Quinnipiac goalie Bud
Fisher (Peterborough, Ont.) to knot the game at 1-1.

Jean-Marc
Beaudoin (St. Paul, Alb.) scored with less than two minutes to play
in the first period on the power-play. Andrew Meyer (St. Louis,
Mo.) controlled the puck just below the blue line in the Colonials'
zone before passing out to Zach Hansen (White Bear Lake, Minn.) at
the point. Hansen's missed shot was collected by Beaudoin who went
top-shelf to beat Russell and give the Bobcats a 2-1 lead. The goal
was Beaudoin's ninth of the season. Meyer and Hansen convert on
their fifth and eighth assists, respectively.

David Marshall
(Buffalo, Minn.) scored his team-leading 14th goal of
the season to extend his Quinnipiac Division I record point-scoring
streak to 17 games. Marshall's goal came less than 30 seconds into
the second period when Bryan Leitch (Coquitlam, B.C.) controlled
the puck along the boards on the right flank. Leitch hooked up with
Eric Lampe (Madison, Wisc.) behind the Colonials' goal, who then
caught Marshall streaking towards the net. Marshall's one-time gave
Quinnipiac a two-goal lead at 3-1.

Robert Morris
was quick to respond at the 1:57 mark when Margott scored their
second power-play goal, in as many chances, to cut Quinnipiac's
lead to 3-2. Margott was set up on the play by Denny Urban.
Margott's goal was his ninth of the season while Urban pick up his
14th assist of the year.

Robert Morris
tied the game at the 16:16 mark when Jason Towsley scored on a
break away to tie the game at 3-3. Kusheneriuk took control of the
puck in the Colonials' zone before sending the puck up the ice to
Towsley who was one-on-one with Fisher.

Robert Morris
opened the third period with four goals in the periods' first four
minutes. Cody Crichton scored on a rebound after Scott Kobialko's
shot was blocked by Bud Fisher at the 3:02 mark. Fisher's night
ended after Kushneriuk scored at the 3:27 mark. The Colonials third
goal in 52 seconds was by Margott from Longpre to give Robert
Morris a 6-3 lead. The Colonials extended their lead to four goals
when Trevor Lewis scored off a rebound after Kushneriuk was denied
by Clarke.

Beaudoin
scored his second goal of the game at the 8:10 mark after Dan
Henningson (Edmonton, Alb.) dug the puck out of the corner and fed
Mike Atkinson (Sparta, N.J.). Atkinson's found Beaudoin on the far
post, where him one-timer on Russell cut the Robert Morris lead to
three goals, 7-4, with just under 12 minutes to play in the
game.

Chris Myers (Wallaceburg, Ont.) edged Quinnipiac closer, 7-5, with
just under nine minutes to play when he took a pass from Zurevinski
fed Lampe behind the Colonials' goal. Lampe found Myers in the slot
where his first shot was initially stopped by Russell. Myers then
punched the goal past Russell to trim Robert Morris' lead to two
goals. Margott added an empty net goal for the hat
trick.

Quinnipiac
returns to action on Friday, Jan. 30 when it travels to Providence,
R.I. to take on Brown University in a ECAC Hockey match-up set for
a 7 p.m. start at Meehan Auditorium. On Saturday, Jan. 31, the
Bobcats take on Elm City rival Yale University. The Bobcats and
Bulldogs are scheduled to hit the ice at 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink in
a league game that can be seen live on the New England Sports
Network (NESN).